EDN Europe March 2004 Archive
MARCH 2004
FEATURES:
Plug in: Safeguard ac powerline quality
Today’s proliferation of electronics creates power-quality problems that are
sufficiently severe to attract regulatory action. With legislation in place within the
European Union and the United States and Far East looking to follow, standards provide
designers with tools to ensure compliance.
By David Marsh, Contributing Editor
The search for the perfect language
The electronics industry is racing to find a solution to system-level design that
integrates with the current development methodology.
By Gabe Moretti, Technical Editor
Squeeze play: Wring the power out of
your design
Your system’s power efficiency depends on how well you match your hardware-
and software-design decisions with your application’s operating behavior.
By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor
LEADING EDGE:
Low-power transceiver adds CDR for
medical-implant data
Package extends the capabilities of development tools
Go serial for simpler mobile-phone-display interconnect
Laptop-sized emulator validates IP
Devices and standards progress for cellular handsets
50M-sample/sec, 8-bit, two-channel PCI ADC-board prices start
at $995
ARM, Synopsys bid to shape IP verification with
“how-to” manual
Adaptive-computing platform yields flexible hardware control
Handheld DMMs offer non-contact ac-voltage sensor
DESIGN IDEAS:
Double DAC rate by using mixers as switchers
DDS IC plus frequency-to-voltage converter make low-cost DAC
Simple technique makes low-cost pc-board shields
Lowpass filter has improved step response
Fault-latch circuit protects switchers
DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS
The shape of rings to come By Graham
Prophet, Editor
